17,500 Liberian smallholder farmers receive US $25m from World Bank
17,500 Liberian smallholder farmers are set to receive US $25m in International Development Association (IDA) loan from the World Bank. This is in continuation...
How to practice smart farming in monitoring commodities
Technology has paved the way for the development of human life for thousands of years. From the humble wheel to smart farming and advanced...
Combating the fall armyworm in Africa
The European Commission Directorate for International Cooperation and Development (DEVCO), has committed to strengthen the efforts of the International Centre of Insect Physiology and...
Wefarm launches Champion Farmer award for farmers driving agricultural knowhow countrywide
Bonfese Wanjala, a maize farmer from Siaya, who was close to abandoning his loss-making farming eight months ago, has been named as Wefarm’s latest...
Tanzanian government looking to promote seaweed farming in the country
The government of Tanzania is currently looking to promote sea weed farming in the country. The Minister for Trade and Industries, Ambassador Amina Salum...
Ugandan government passes GMO Bill
The Ugandan government has passed the Genetic Engineering Regulatory Bill, 2018. The bill will serve to provide a regulatory framework for safe development and...
Tanzanian cashew farmers pocket approximately US $2.2Bn
Cashew farmers in Tanzania’s Lindi, Mtwara and Ruvuma have so far pocketed a total of nearly US $2.2Bn. This is the accumulated price since...
Tanzania pays US $434,687 to verified cashew farmers
The Tanzanian government has disbursed US $434,687 to verified cashew farmers. The Agriculture minister Japhet Hasunga said that at least 2,168 cashew farmers from...
Tanzania’s GMO maize field trials show promise
Tanzania's confined field trials of genetic modified maize is showing promise. The crop has reportedly shown signs of withstanding stem borer and fall armyworm...
Lessons from Zimbabwe’s failed land reforms
By :William Gumede
Giving communal land to individual households, rather than mostly corrupt traditional overseers, will unlock real value, energy and entrepreneurship.
Zimbabwe's failed populist-based land...